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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
mer (“to dare”, [1]) + -ő (present-participle suffix)
Participle
merő
- present participle of mer
Etymology 2
mer (“to ladle”, [2]) + -ő (present-participle suffix)
Participle
merő
- present participle of mer
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From the same Proto-Ugric *merɜ-, *märɜ- (“to press, push; become narrow, contract”) stem as mered and merev[3] + -ő (present-participle suffix).
Adjective
merő (not generally comparable, comparative merőbb, superlative legmerőbb)
- (archaic) fixed, tight, tense, taut
- (attributively) mere, pure, downright, complete, sheer
- Synonyms: csupa, tiszta, színtiszta, puszta, teljes, (informal) komplett, (informal) nettó
Declension
Derived terms
Adverb
merő (not comparable)
- downright, completely, utterly, purely, merely
- Synonyms: teljesen, tisztán, csupán, pusztán, csak, csakis, kizárólag, egyedül
References
Further reading
- (present participle of mer (“to dare”)): merő in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (present participle of mer (“to ladle”)): merő in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (adjective or adverb): merő in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN